Parasitic gastroenteritis
Parasitic gastroenteritis (PGE) is not a disease in its own right, but is the name given to the symptoms that we observe when cattle are affected by intestinal parasites, such as roundworms:
- Parasitic refers to the parasites.
- Gastro refers to the location of the parasites - in the affected animal’s digestive tract.
- Enteritis means inflammation of the gut, which occurs in response to the parasite load and results in the diarrhoea and other symptoms that are often seen.
Clinical ostertagiosis ©Rob Kelly